Echocardiography is a noninvasive diagnostic method of recording images using ultrasonic reflections of the heart, through which the doctor can view the internal cardiac structures such as heart valves and cardiac vessels.
What does a cardiac sonographer do?
A cardiac sonographer is a doctor or a technician skilled in the use of the ultrasound as a means of diagnostic control. The goal of a sonographer is to view internal structures of the heart and assess the functionality, and presence of any anomalies. Besides the traditional probe, the sonographer also uses ultrasound for the assessments and hemodynamic measurements of blood flow, and the transcranial doppler ultrasound which can highlight intracardiac and pulmonary malformations.
What diseases are treated by a cardiac sonographer?
The disease most often treated by a cardiac sonographer are disorders of the blood vessels such as stenosis, plaques, ulceration and dissections, and intracardiac or pulmonary malformations.
What are the procedures used by a cardiac sonographer?
A cardiac sonographer can use a traditional probe, a doppler ultrasound for disorders of the blood vessels, and a transcranial doppler ultrasound for intracardiac examination.
When should a patient visit a cardiac sonographer?
A general practitioner will send a patient to a sonographer, or in the case of previously diagnosis disease in order to monitor the health and evaluate the performance of any treatment prescribed.
